5th Circuit: Insurer Has Duty to Defend Lawsuit Over Leaky Roof Despite Policy Exclusion January 13, 2022 By Jim Sams Siplast Inc., a Dallas-area manufacturer of roof membranes, purchased a liability policy that excluded coverage for any damages to its...
Delaware Supreme: Insurers Have No Duty to Defend Rite Aid Against Opioid Lawsuits January 11, 2022 By Claims Journal staff Chubb Ltd. has no duty to defend Rite Aid Corp. against lawsuits filed by two Ohio counties that allege the...
Nevada Supreme: Insurer Entitled to Reimbursement for Defense Costs if No Coverage Owed March 15, 2021 By Jim Sams An insurer that paid to defend a policyholder against a lawsuit, but determined later that no coverage was owed, is...
Insurer Must Defend Landlord in Security Deposit Lawsuit Despite Policy Exclusion July 31, 2020 By Jim Sams A policy that sought to limit exposure from any disputes about security deposits did not protect the insurer from having...
Weinstein Insurers Balk at Paying Legal Bills July 31, 2018 By TOM HAYS Harvey Weinstein is locked in a messy battle with insurance companies over his steadily mounting legal bills. The insurance giant...
No Homeowner Liability Coverage for an Insured’s ‘Negligent’ Assault, Even if Insured Was Intoxicated January 3, 2017 By Richard Wolf Nicholas Fiocchi sued Ronald Zatyco for assaulting him after a verbal argument between them at a bar earlier the same...
No Exceptions: Wisconsin Supreme Court Upholds Four Corners Rule December 22, 2016 By Steven Plitt and Jordan R. Plitt The Wisconsin Supreme Court eliminates any doubt that there is no exception to the four-corners rule in duty to defend...
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt is Key for Application to Criminal Acts Exclusion October 18, 2016 By Steven Plitt A typical criminal act exclusion states that there is no coverage for bodily injury or property damage arising out of...
The ALI Adopts Significant Portions of the ‘Restatement of the Law of Liability Insurance’ June 16, 2016 By David G. Harris II and David L. Brown The American Law Institute (ALI) is the preeminent independent legal organization in the United States producing scholarly work in the...
Plaintiff’s Prayer for Coverage is Answered in Illinois June 1, 2016 By Steven Plitt Generally, the duty to defend extends to cases in which the complaint contains several theories or causes of action against...